Two young flower buds of Sapria gan - a parasitic flowering plant on the forest floor in Thailand

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Sapria is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It grows within roots of Vitis and Tetrastigma. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of South and South-east Asia. The flowers of Sapria are about 20 cm in diameter, bright red with yellow or white dots, unisexual and dioecious. It is a close relative of Rafflesia (the largest flower in the world)

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: angiosperm, asia, asian, east, floor, forest, gan, malpighales, natural, nature, parasitic, plant, plantae, rafflesiaceae, red, sapria, south, spots, thai, thailand, tropical, white, wild